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Carlos Gagini Anticipates Philip K. Dick
by Iván Molina In 1920, the Costa Rican writer Carlos Gagini (1865-1925) published one of the most original Latin American science fiction novels of the first half of the twentieth…
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World Culture Hub 3D – Development started
The early stage of a WebGL installation that is going to replace our presence in Second Life has just been uploaded. It will be updated twice a month and can…
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“But I did love!…” – James Tiptree, jr. and the World’s Greatest Science Fiction Story
by Michael K. Iwoleit Yes, I know. There is no such thing as the world’s greatest science fiction story. There is no single greatest novel, no greatest opera, no greatest…
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Pioneers of Rock’n’Roll: Indonesian Bands in Germany
by Chris Hyde What I have to say about the Indonesian bands mainly refers to the late 1950ies and early 1960ies because the Indo rock was already past its peak…
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Next Virtual Event: Konjaku Monogatarishu
The geishas of The Little Yoshiwara – one of the longest-standing and most authentic Japanese themed sims in Second Life – will again perform classical Japanese stories, dance and music…
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Next Virtual Event: The Battle of Dan-no-Ura
Due to an indisposition of our webmaster this announcement is a little short-termed but we hope it will still reach some of our target audience: The geishas of The Little…
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The Turkish Chekhov: Some Remarks on Sait Faik
by Michael K. Iwoleit It’s an irony that a man who carved out such a humble, peripheral existence, who never really managed to establish himself in ordinary life, who prefered…
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Virtual Event: Tale of the Heike
The next event in our Second Life installation will take place on Saturday, May 25th, starting at 2:00 pm Second Life time / 23:00 CET. The geishas of The Little…
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